After an emotional trial, the motorist who killed a Napa Valley pastry chef was sentenced to 10 days in prison. The victim’s parents asked for leniency. [Napa Valley Register]

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If you have a few minutes, this might be the coolest thing you read all day today: The Long History of the Espresso Machine. An excerpt: “Though there were surely innumerable patents and prototypes, the invention of the machine and the method that would lead to espresso is usually attributed to Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, who was granted a patent in 1884 for ‘new steam machinery for the economic and instantaneous confection of coffee beverage.'” [Smithsonian]